Lantapan, Bukidnon

Lantapan is a metropolitan area municipality in the province of Bukidnon on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It has 55 934 inhabitants ( census May 1, 2010 ) living in 14 barangays. It belongs to the first class of income communities in the Philippines and is described as a partially urbanized.

Your neighboring municipalities are Sumilao and Baungon in the north, Malaybalay City in the northeast and east, Valencia City in the south and Talakag in the West.

The topography of the parish is described as mountainous with large canyon -like valleys in the north- west are large sections of the community in Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park. In it is the second highest mountain in the Philippines, the 2,938 meter high Dulang - dulang. The river flows through Muelta the territory of the municipality, it is considered one of the refuges of the now rare Philippine crocodile.

To climb the Dulang - dulang is the consent of the tribal elders of the Talaandig necessary because the mountain is considered by Talaandig as a sacred place: the mountains of Kitanglad serves them as a burial site. It is obligatisch to perform a ritual to appease the spirits of the ancestors before the ascent can begin. The entrance to Talaandig Ancestral Territory is located in Barangay Songco. The Cinchona Reforestation Project has a size of 17.25 km ² and is one of the oldest reforestation projects in the Philippines, it is considered one of the main attractions for tourists in the community.

Barangays

Alanib
Baclayon
Balila
Bantuanon

Basak
Bugcaon
Kaatuan
Capitan Juan

Cawayan
Kulasihan
Kibangay
Poblacion

Songco
Victory

Swell

Information about Lantapan at the Philippine Bureau of Statistics
Tourism Lantapan page on the website of the provincial government

Cities: Malaybalay City | Valencia City

Location in the Philippines
Bukidnon

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